Improvement in buckles



UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE R. KELSEY, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNEGTIOUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKLES.

specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,113, dated May 29, 1866.

To all 'whom 'it may coacra:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. KELSEY, of West Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ot' (lonnecticut, have invented a new and useful lmprovementin Buckles; and l do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction, character, and operation ot' the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part ot' this specification, 4in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ot' the buckle complete. Fig'. 2 is a perspective view of the buckle, showing the inauuer of attaching the two parts ot' the strap to the buclcle. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bow or frame ot' the buokle. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the tongue or lever.

My improvement consists in making the buckle of two pieces so arranged .that they will hold the running part of the str-ap or webbing perfectly secure without any injury from perforation of points.

I make the how or frame by simply bending the wiri'. in a die or swage to the form shown at a, Fig'. 3, and indicated at a, Fig'. 2, where it is iartially concealed by the webbin'f. I make the loop or lever part, around which the webbing' passes and binds, substantially of the form shown in' Fig. 4, also at b, Figs. 1 and 2, where it is partially concealed by the webbing. These 'two parts may be made byflattening the metal, 01' the wire may be leftsround; but

,l would recommend fiattening', to increase the strength.

When the parts are made as shown in Figs. 3and 4 I lock them together with common dies or swagesLas shown in Fig'. 1, when the buckle will be complete.

To prepare i-t for use I sew the standing1 part to one side or portion of the bow or frame, as represented at c, Fi g. 2, and I bring' the running part of the strap or webbing` inside and' GEO. R. KELSEY.

Witnesses A. L. TRAIN, R. FrrGzERALD. 

